In the clouds: Using AI to predict rainfall and extreme weather
A team of WashU researchers from the 2026 Digital Transformation Research Corps built a tool that uses AI and statistics to improve predictions for rainfall and extreme weather events.
Q&A: WashU vice provosts on AI spending, student privacy, and what students should still learn themselves
Student Life spoke with Nathan Jacobs, vice provost for artificial intelligence; Betsy Sinclair, vice provost for innovation; and Andrew Butler, vice provost for undergraduate education, about what WashU’s recent investments in AI mean in practice.
Using AI to fight election misinformation works, WashU research finds
AI-generated ‘pre-bunking’ articles offer new scalable solution
WashU kickstarts new AI faculty cluster hiring program
WashU announced new cluster hiring campaign seeking to employ over 30 new tenure-track faculty members by 2029 and expand artificial-intelligence-centric research.
Simulating quality assurance reviews in technical writing
Engineering students use a secure generative AI model trained on course materials to critique their own technical writing drafts.